**To** ## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** Period start date 01 january 2024 Period end date 31 December 2024 **From** ## Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name** Youth Organisations in Uniform West Midlands CIO **Other names charity is known by** YOU WM **Registered charity number (if any)** 1198465 **Charity's principal address** West Midlands Lieutenancy 11 Waterloo Street Birmingham **Postcode B2 5TB** ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Mr G Marsh|CharityTrustee and Chair||First CharityTrustee| ||Ms C Canty|CharityTrustee||First CharityTrustee| ||Mr R Maybery|CharityTrustee||First CharityTrustee| ||LadyDiana Crabtree|CharityTrustee||The existingTrustees| ||Mr N Sarling|CharityTrustee||The existingTrustees| ||Mr C Houghton|CharityTrustee||The existingTrustees| ||Mr K Aldridge|CharityTrustee||The existingTrustees| ||_Changes after 31_
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25|| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** **Name Dates acted if not for whole year** March **2012** **TAR** 1 N/A ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of adviser Name Address** Independent Examiner John Wood 27, Oak Hill Drive, Edgbaston,Birmingham,B15 3UG ## **Section B Structure, governance and management** ## **Description of the charity’s trusts** Type of governing document Constitution - (eg. trust deed, constitution) CIO How the charity is constituted - (eg. trust, association, company) Appointed by existing trustees Trustee selection methods - (eg. appointed by, elected by) ## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about: - policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees; - the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works; - relationship with any related parties; - trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. ## **Section C Objectives and activities** The PROMOTION OF THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS AND THE EFFECTIVE USE OF CHARITABLE RESOURCES OF YOUTH ORGANISATIONS WHOSE MEMBERS WEAR UNIFORMS IN THE WEST MIDLANDS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY: **Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** - (a) Consulting with the uniformed youth organisations to develop appropriate plans for delivery and implementation. - (b) Providing guidance to young people, parents and carers to enable them to choose the most appropriate uniformed youth organisation. - (c) Enabling capacity building of the uniformed youth organisations March **2012** **TAR** 2 by advice to attract and develop adult volunteers. - (d) Supporting collaboration between uniformed youth organisations for mutual benefit. - (e) Raising awareness of the public benefit of membership of uniformed youth organisations to the individual and the community through advocacy, events and public relations. **‘West Midlands’** is the Cities of Birmingham, Coventry and Wolverhampton, and the Metropolitan Boroughs of Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull and Walsall. **‘Uniformed Youth Organisations’** are those units which are located in the West Midlands of The Army Cadet Force, Boys Brigade and Girls’ Association, Combined Cadet Force, Fire Cadets, Girls’ Brigade, Girlguiding, RAF Air Cadets, Sea Cadet Corps, Scouts, St John Ambulance and the Volunteer Police Cadets, together with such other youth organisations as the Trustees may in the future consider suitable for inclusion. **Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)** The main activities are as specified within the five action areas of the Objectives above, namely: - Consultation between the youth organisations for public benefit - Providing information and guidance to parents, carers and young people - Enabling capacity building, particularly in adult volunteers - Supporting collaboration - Raising awareness of the public benefit of the young people’s organisations In planning the activities of the Charity the Trustees have had regard to the guidance given in Section 17(5) of the Charities Act and the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 ## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: - policy on grantmaking; - policy programme related investment; - contribution made by volunteers. ## Section D Achievements and Performance **Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** This is the third Annual Report of the YOU WM Charity, which came about following discussions between leaders of the eleven Youth Organisations in 2021 with the Charity being registered as a CIO on 31 March 2022. Mark Heywood was appointed as a Trustee on 4 September 2024 and Kate Canty resigned on 2 October 2025; we thank her for her exceptional service as a Trustee since the formation of YOU WM. We are looking to ensure that our Board best reflects the diversity of our organisations and by adding a Youth March **2012** **TAR** 3 Section D Achievements and Performance Trustee (aged 16-23). Following a strategy update by the member organisations in December 2024, our objectives are delivered through our local forums, one in each Local Authority area in the WM. These involve the local representatives of ‘the 11’, are chaired by a local Deputy Lieutenant and facilitated by our co-ordinator, Jonathan Richardson. These groups : - ➢ Identify opportunities for collaboration and sharing best practice between YOU WM organisations at a local level. - ➢ Identify opportunities for raising awareness and advocacy at a local level, including at local events and ensure good local connections with LA childrens and community services, local training providers, volunteering organisations and other local initiatives. including as a delivery partner for WMCA in promoting the benefits of participation in YOU organisations to young people in schools. - ➢ Share ideas on Adult Volunteer recruitment and publicise/encourage attendance at local events that are promoting Adult Volunteering - ➢ Publicise local awards that are open to volunteers and young people - ➢ Promulgate opportunities arising from small grants (and manage in both Walsall and Wolverhampton) We have developed a partnership with The West Midlands Combined Authority which led to the award of a contract in 2025 as a delivery partner for WMCA in promoting the benefits of participation in YOU organisations to young people in schools. A leadership event for young people from the eleven organisations was successfully held in September and very well received. Following a pilot commenced in the year, The YOU WM Youth Council is a developing initiative designed to give young people from across our 11 organisations a meaningful voice in shaping our work. Still in its early stages, the Council brings together youth representatives to share experiences and identify common priorities. Initial meetings have highlighted important themes, including mental wellbeing, access to opportunities, and the value of volunteering. It will provide an inclusive opportunity for any young person within our partnering organisations to take on a youth voice representative role and develop an advocacy and social action skillset. We see huge potential for the Council to influence recruitment, programme development and wider advocacy, ensuring that YOU WM remains rooted in the lived experiences and aspirations of the young people we collectively support. We greatly appreciate the dynamic leadership of this work by Chloe Ann Manley, our Youth Coordinator. Through our contacts with ‘YOU London’, YOU WM facilitated attendance at the Colonels Parade and The King’s Birthday Parade ( Trooping of the Colour) by groups from the YOU WM organisations. We are working with the organisers of The Invictus Games to enable opportunities for young people from our organisations to play an active role in supporting the delivery of this event, to be held in the West Midlands in 2027. Our website was upgraded during the year to incorporate a search facility and further developments are planned to ensure that we are making best use of social media. We are grateful for funding from the Montal Trust, Rowlands Trust, Michael Marsh Trust, Gowling Charity, Grantham Yorke and Dudley MBC and will be actively seeking additional funding in 2025 to support both core and additional March **2012** **TAR** 4 ## Section D Achievements and Performance activities. Sincere thanks are due to the leaders of the eleven youth organisations, the Trustees, the West Midlands Reserve Forces’ and Cadets’ Association, the Lord-Lieutenant, Deputy Lieutenants and staff of the WM Lieutenancy and other local supporters for their enthusiastic commitment to YOU WM. ## **Section E Financial review** The Charity’s policy on reserves is to maintain sufficient reserves to fund **Brief statement of the** the planned activity of the Charity for at least 12 months in the future. **charity’s policy on reserves Details of any funds materially** None **in deficit Further financial review details (Optional information)** The Charity’s principal sources of funds are: You **may choose** to include - Grants from grant making charities with an interest in young additional information, where people and community development relevant about: - Public and private sector bodies • the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); • how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; • investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. **Section F Other optional information Section G Declaration The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees Signature(s)** CATHERINE RUTH CANTY **Full name(s)** GEORGE ROBERT MARSH **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** TRUSTEE and CHAIR TRUSTEE **etc)** March **2012** **TAR** 5 Date 28 August 2025 TAR Maich 2012 |**YOUTH ORGANISATIONS IN UNIFORM WEST MIDLANDS**|**1198465**||| |---|---|---|---| |**CIO**|||| |**Receipts and payments accounts**|||**CC16a**| |01-Jan-24
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**to the nearest £**| |Montal Charity|**5,000**|||||**5,000**| |Michael Marsh Charity|**5,000**|||||**-**| |GowlingCharity|**1,000**|||||**-**| |Grantham Yorke Award|**500**|||||**-**| |Rowlands Trust|**2,000**|||||**2,000**| |DudleyMBC - Grant|**5,000**|||||**5,000**| ||**-**|||||**-**| |Wolverhampton MBC - Grant for
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_AR)_|**18,500**|||||**12,000**| |||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
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Co-ordinator Services|**13,424**|||||**11,267**| |MeetingCatering|**-**|||||**539**| |LeadershipEvent :|**-**|||||**-**| |_Insurance_|**191**|||||**186**| |_Catering_||||||**1,450**| |_Speaker Fee and Expenses_|**300**|||||**631**| |IT Services - Regular|**821**|||||**792**| |Website Upgrade|**3,700**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**18,436**|||||**14,865**| |||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
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**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||| |||||||**14,865**| |||||||| ||**64**|**20,000**|**-**|
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